Modern Manners: The New Rules For Real Life

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Checked email at dinner recently? Or perhaps you've gotten into a heated debate about politics at a cocktail party? Both are totally against the rules, right? And yet...we all do it. A lot.

Which is why we figured it was high time that dusty, antiquated rule book got an upgrade. So, we checked in with Lizzie Post (yes, that Post — let's just call her the modern-day Mistress of Manners) to put together a thoroughly usable (not-at-all lame) primer on all things ettiqutte. Something to fill the void in your heart left by the original Tiffany's Table Manners for Teenagers — that actually applies to your life today.

Oh, and don't worry. We finally got an answer on whether or not you can really wait a year to send a wedding gift....

Easter Sunday is still more than a month away, but there's no time like the present to start hunting for Easter eggs. Not the dip-dyed ones that kiddos like. We're talking about the hidden references and inside jokes lurking in your favorite films and TV shows. Like Rachel Green's Central Perk costume, the color coding in read

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